My phone just tried to do a PRL update. - Hero CDMA General

I hit cancel. I'm not quite sure what PRL is.
Sorry guys, I looked it up, I had jumped out of my seat with enthusiam as if I would be able to unroot and update today.
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Cloned2 said:
I hit cancel. I'm not quite sure what PRL is.
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It updates your firmware so that your phone picks up on more cell towers. Typically it is a good thing, sometimes you see no effect. Doesnt hurt to update it though.
Here is a quick detail of it.
http://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=11

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Phone issue or ROM? Weird problem - Sprint clueless.

I hope someone has an idea on whats going on with my phone right now. These are the facts.
Cell phones are getting the message:
"All circuits are busy now, please try your call again later. 113b"
When they try and dial into my phone. Outgoing calls are working fine, as well as data, texting, voicemails. The only issue is CELL PHONEs which seem to be in my area code calling me.
It's making the same noise as when you make a phone call and the line has been disconnected.
Im rooted right now, running Fresh 1.1. But this started happening with hte TTG rom. I did a backup to fresh to make sure that it wasnt the ROM. It isnt.
Ive called sprint and they refreshed my profile and PRL, and did a test call from thier line, and the tech's personal cell phone, and it worked fine for them. However, my fiance's phone who is right next to me is still getting the error(she's on att), a friend of mine across town is still getting the number(he's on verizon), and my mother tried calling and got the same message and she's also on verizon. The only similarity is that their all my same area code, and that they are all cell phones. But LANLINE are working in my area. I dont know.
Things i've tried:
Restarting the phone
Pulling the batt for 60s
Doing a nandroid backup
Doing a nandroid backup from adb to insure a good backup
Updating PRL
Updating Profile
Having sprint refresh both PRL and Profile
Testing:
I've had cell phones in my area call me to getting the same message.
Have had lanlines call me in the area and they are working. Sprint lady's lanline and cellphone both worked outside of my area code.
Had a cell phone out of state call me and it worked fine.
Advice:
Sprint lady told me to go to a sprint store and have them update my PRL.
Summary:
Cellphones in my area code are not able to call my phone. Out of area code work fine calling it. I can call out everywhere. Lanlines in my area can call me fine, as well as me call them.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619656
Your that Sprint employee.
The one in this thread
thedudejdog said:
Your that Sprint employee.
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What? im just trying to give as much information as possible. i already said what thier suggestion is. Thats take it to a store and have them update the PRL. I dont have much faith in thier tech support so seeing if anyone with some real knowlege of how this stuff works has any ideas. Started happening randomly too, phone was working fine as far as i knew.
Ahh just saw your edit, our usernames are simlar. myke66 and mykey. similar, but different
Sorry, I don't think you will trip anyone up here that easily.
Better luck next time.
thedudejdog said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=619656
Your that Sprint employee.
The one in this thread
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That's too funny...I hurt from laughing so much.
thedudejdog said:
Sorry, I don't think you will trip anyone up here that easily.
Better luck next time.
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While you're funny and all, please dont derail this thread, i really do need help.
myke66 said:
I hope someone has an idea on whats going on with my phone right now. These are the facts.
Cell phones are getting the message:
"All circuits are busy now, please try your call again later. 113b"
When they try and dial into my phone. Outgoing calls are working fine, as well as data, texting, voicemails. The only issue is CELL PHONEs which seem to be in my area code calling me.
It's making the same noise as when you make a phone call and the line has been disconnected.
Im rooted right now, running Fresh 1.1. But this started happening with hte TTG rom. I did a backup to fresh to make sure that it wasnt the ROM. It isnt.
Ive called sprint and they refreshed my profile and PRL, and did a test call from thier line, and the tech's personal cell phone, and it worked fine for them. However, my fiance's phone who is right next to me is still getting the error(she's on att), a friend of mine across town is still getting the number(he's on verizon), and my mother tried calling and got the same message and she's also on verizon. The only similarity is that their all my same area code, and that they are all cell phones. But LANLINE are working in my area. I dont know.
Things i've tried:
Restarting the phone
Pulling the batt for 60s
Doing a nandroid backup
Doing a nandroid backup from adb to insure a good backup
Updating PRL
Updating Profile
Having sprint refresh both PRL and Profile
Testing:
I've had cell phones in my area call me to getting the same message.
Have had lanlines call me in the area and they are working. Sprint lady's lanline and cellphone both worked outside of my area code.
Had a cell phone out of state call me and it worked fine.
Advice:
Sprint lady told me to go to a sprint store and have them update my PRL.
Summary:
Cellphones in my area code are not able to call my phone. Out of area code work fine calling it. I can call out everywhere. Lanlines in my area can call me fine, as well as me call them.
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I would say something is wrong with the cell tower near you. The only time I get that message is when either a cell tower is down or a cell tower is overloaded. I wish I knew more about cell towers to explain it better.
A PRL update isn't going to help you unless you are roaming, which doesn't sound like that's the case.
tkirton said:
I would say something is wrong with the cell tower near you. The only time I get that message is when either a cell tower is down or a cell tower is overloaded. In your case, it sounds like the PRI's are down or the equipment is not responding to outside calls. Have you tried getting someone that has a Sprint phone to try to contact you (besides Customer Service)?
A PRL update isn't going to help you unless you are roaming, which doesn't sound like that's the case.
A PRL isn't going to help you unless you are roaming.
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The number i had call me from another state was a sprint phone and that worked fine. I dont think i know anyone with another sprint number in my area code.
myke66 said:
The number i had call me from another state was a sprint phone and that worked fine. I dont think i know anyone with another sprint number in my area code.
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Ha-ha ...
My bad, happy hour makes me paranoid.
myke66 said:
The number i had call me from another state was a sprint phone and that worked fine. I dont think i know anyone with another sprint number in my area code.
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Still sounds like a cell tower issue. What you could do to see if that's the case is to relocate the phone to another cell tower (I think cell towers have a radius of roughly 4 miles...could be wrong on that) and have someone with a cell phone call you (like your girlfriend or your mom).
If the connection completes, then the issue isn't your phone, but your cell tower.
tkirton said:
Still sounds like a cell tower issue. What you could do to see if that's the case is to relocate the phone to another cell tower (I think cell towers have a radius of roughly 4 miles...could be wrong on that) and have someone with a cell phone call you (like your girlfriend or your mom).
If the connection completes, then the issue isn't your phone, but your cell tower.
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isn't it more along the lines of 12 miles?
crap...im wrong. Cellfinder puts me at just over 4 miles direct from my tower. But I think the radius is bigger than 4, since I've got service, and there's basically 3.5+ miles of limestone in the way of the tower lol
tatonka_hero said:
isn't it more along the lines of 12 miles?
crap...im wrong. Cellfinder puts me at just over 4 miles direct from my tower. But I think the radius is bigger than 4, since I've got service, and there's basically 3.5+ miles of limestone in the way of the tower lol
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That's why I said "I could be wrong." I think it's generally 4, but depends on a lot of factors (such as how high the cell tower is...one that is on top of a large building will have a larger radius than one closer to the ground.
Again, I could still be wrong. Maybe someone who is more familiar with cell towers can shed some light on the subject.
This has been going on since this morning. I've left my area a few times today, so im pretty sure i was outside of the one towers signal. I was a good 10-20 miles away at one point and it was doing the same thing.
well the sure way to know that it is not something that the rom did is to run the RUU to get back to bone factory stock and see if it still does it.
I highly doubt that it is a rom problem though. also have you changed any settings?
I had a problem where I changed the wireless network settings to EVDO only and that made it so I wasnt reciving calls or anything. not the same problem but could just be a settings thing.
wtphoto said:
well the sure way to know that it is not something that the rom did is to run the RUU to get back to bone factory stock and see if it still does it.
I highly doubt that it is a rom problem though. also have you changed any settings?
I had a problem where I changed the wireless network settings to EVDO only and that made it so I wasnt reciving calls or anything. not the same problem but could just be a settings thing.
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See, thats the thing. Nothing has been changed. It worked yesterday as far as i know, but upon waking up to text messages about my phone not working, it started. First message i got about it was around 11am. I can try doing the RUU, but i doubt this is a ROM issue. Wouldnt make sense. Not to mention ive tried various roms and backups that i knew were fine.
gonna try the RUU
the thing is, if you RUU the phone and it still has the problem then there will be no issue taking it to a sprint store and having them test it and replace it. If you where to take it in with a costom rom on it then they could say that the problem has something to do with the rom and give you crap about replacing it.
wtphoto said:
the thing is, if you RUU the phone and it still has the problem then there will be no issue taking it to a sprint store and having them test it and replace it. If you where to take it in with a costom rom on it then they could say that the problem has something to do with the rom and give you crap about replacing it.
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true, i guess its something im going to have to do anyway. Will update thread twhen the RUU is complete and i test it
Just something of interest, there's what im assuming, an error code of some kind at the end of the "All circuits are busy right now, please try your call again later message." It completes with a male voice saying 001p or 001b, hard to understand because its staticy. Ive googled both codes to no avail.
myke66 said:
I hope someone has an idea on whats going on with my phone right now. These are the facts.
Cell phones are getting the message:
"All circuits are busy now, please try your call again later. 113b"
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The beginning of phreaking on cell phones.
On another note, that is a message that would be related to the service side I would think. Like that is a message that is service side based, maybe there is an issue with your phone line on sprint's part? dunno just some insight.

Prl 60668

seen this on Android Central
mine updated no idea what changes it will have
Thanks for the heads up Spork
can u post it plz, for those who cant update
Tilde88 said:
can u post it plz, for those who cant update
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why cant you update ? i have no idea how to pull the prl from the phone sorry
Right? How do pull the PRL.....anyone?
menu/settings/system updates/prl
Updating your PRL is not going to mess up your root at all. The only thing it could affect, is switching back to selecting sprint towers instead of altell towers, if you were using that altell hack.
I am new to Sprint and only been on Android for a few months now, but what is PRL and profile under system updates?
soner607 said:
I am new to Sprint and only been on Android for a few months now, but what is PRL and profile under system updates?
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PRL stands for Preferred Roaming List. Basically it tells the phone which towers to connect to while roaming.
Profile has been explained to me as like a soft data reset to your account, sort of like resetting your router.
Anyone else care to add anything?
Sent from my HTC Evo using Tapatalk + Swype
Khaelum said:
PRL stands for Preferred Roaming List. Basically it tells the phone which towers to connect to while roaming.
Profile has been explained to me as like a soft data reset to your account, sort of like resetting your router.
Anyone else care to add anything?
Sent from my HTC Evo using Tapatalk + Swype
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Thanks for the explanation...
Damn, I was hoping this would somehow fix my service. I lost 3G service around here a few days ago when a strong thunderstorm came through, I guess a tower is just down. It's weird, 2.1 roms still say 3G (with my bars showing the roaming triangle) while 2.2 roms show 1X instead of EvDo (while showing EvDo while I'm not at home). On either rom, my speeds are **** while I'm at home.
Looks like mostly changes in Mexico..
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1658675-Prl-60668...
Has anyone else had an issue where after the PRL is updated, the screen turns black, all that works is the home button, and if you open any menu or setting, a black screen pops up saying that your PRL has been updated, and when you hit OK, you just go back to the black screen?
The only solution I've found is rebooting the phone.
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Has anyone else had an issue where after the PRL is updated, the screen turns black, all that works is the home button, and if you open any menu or setting, a black screen pops up saying that your PRL has been updated, and when you hit OK, you just go back to the black screen?
The only solution I've found is rebooting the phone.
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Nope. Just did an update with no problems.
Should you this if you are running Damage control rom or will it affect root/rom?
Renegadez said:
Should you this if you are running Damage control rom or will it affect root/rom?
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no it will not effect root or anything like that. I think all it can do is effect how your phone connects to the towers.
Thanks updated and rebooted so far looks good it is funny becuase i am going to mexico next week
thanks for the heads up

Error code 107?

I keep getting an error that pops up on my phone occasionally : Error code 107 - data call failure.
Anyone know anything about this or how to fix it? My Mom gets it on her shift too. It's annoying, but doesn't seem to affect anything on the phone.
tatonka_hero said:
I keep getting an error that pops up on my phone occasionally : Error code 107 - data call failure.
Anyone know anything about this or how to fix it? My Mom gets it on her shift too. It's annoying, but doesn't seem to affect anything on the phone.
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I got it a lot on my hero, and when I first got my Shift. I called and complained, told them I'd already been through factory resets, ## dialer codes, everything.
Eventually after a couple girls finished reading an apparent universal HTC tech support guide to me they passed me along to a nice fellow. He said he'd seen that problem a lot, changed my user name, I reset my data profile again and VOILA! Over a month, no data call failure!
Sent from my MikShift.
In settings, wouldn't update profile fix this? Even though errors might pop up during the process, just ignore them and let the update do it's thing. That is if it is what I think it is.
herbthehammer said:
In settings, wouldn't update profile fix this? Even though errors might pop up during the process, just ignore them and let the update do it's thing. That is if it is what I think it is.
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yep your right... i think ...
amehdi43 said:
yep your right... i think ...
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Not every time. For me update/reset/complete device wipe didn't do it. Even ruu'd and did factory reset that way (since factory reset in our current bootloader boots to clockwork, wanted everything back stock.)
Sent from my MikShift.
I get this once in a while also, but it happens when I go from roaming to Sprint. Or at least that seems to me when it happens.
Sent from my HTC EVO Shift 4G using XDA App
herbthehammer said:
In settings, wouldn't update profile fix this? Even though errors might pop up during the process, just ignore them and let the update do it's thing. That is if it is what I think it is.
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wardfan220 said:
I get this once in a while also, but it happens when I go from roaming to Sprint. Or at least that seems to me when it happens.
Sent from my HTC EVO Shift 4G using XDA App
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Updating the profile didn't fix it. I updated it Tuesday afternoon with no errors popping up, and still got the error code 107 this morning.
I think Wardfan220 is at least partially correct. More often than not, it happens at home, where I'm roaming about 90% of the time. It happens at work occasionally though, but that's on a repeater, so I could see that being the cause. I never got the error on my Hero though, that's why I was thinking it was an issue with just this phone.
tatonka_hero said:
Updating the profile didn't fix it. I updated it Tuesday afternoon with no errors popping up, and still got the error code 107 this morning.
I think Wardfan220 is at least partially correct. More often than not, it happens at home, where I'm roaming about 90% of the time. It happens at work occasionally though, but that's on a repeater, so I could see that being the cause. I never got the error on my Hero though, that's why I was thinking it was an issue with just this phone.
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Yeah, I never got it on my Hero also, but it seems to be, for me at least, when switching from roaming back to Sprint's network and vise versa, I was also getting a 107 erroe with my data at one point, but that was jsut a billing issue (wife didn't pay, lol).

MikG INC 3.0 ROM on roaming

I had downloaded 1 of Mik's roms a while back (version 2.0.1 to be exact) and saw this 3.0 as his latest work on his website so figured I would give it a try. I see that he is aware that there are still remnants of this ROM that was made for Sprint EVO devices apparently, but I'm having a unique issue.
Whenever I attempt to make a call it alerts me that I am in roaming mode (which I double checked and i have it checked OFF so my DINC will dont roam) and if I would like to continue anyway. When my lock screen comes up it says "Verizon Network" on top and I am receiving and able to send text messages just fine. I have not seen anyone else having this issue in the forums and the last thing I want is to receive a higher bill from Verizon at the end of the month because of a new ROM. Also, the alert is simply annoying.
Please help.
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I had downloaded 1 of Mik's roms a while back (version 2.0.1 to be exact) and saw this 3.0 as his latest work on his website so figured I would give it a try. I see that he is aware that there are still remnants of this ROM that was made for Sprint EVO devices apparently, but I'm having a unique issue.
Whenever I attempt to make a call it alerts me that I am in roaming mode (which I double checked and i have it checked OFF so my DINC will dont roam) and if I would like to continue anyway. When my lock screen comes up it says "Verizon Network" on top and I am receiving and able to send text messages just fine. I have not seen anyone else having this issue in the forums and the last thing I want is to receive a higher bill from Verizon at the end of the month because of a new ROM. Also, the alert is simply annoying.
Please help.
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Sounds like you need to update your prl. You do this by dialing *228 and selecting option 2.
I forgot to mention that that's the first thing I did. I even accepted the alert and went with it anyway knowing it wouldn't take but a minute. It programmed the phone successfully.
Still occuring obviously.
manthis22 said:
I forgot to mention that that's the first thing I did. I even accepted the alert and went with it anyway knowing it wouldn't take but a minute. It programmed the phone successfully.
Still occuring obviously.
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Hmm not sure then. I know sprint ported roms tend to be touchy on the verizon network. I gave up on using them after synergy rom awile back, because my data connection would constantly break, requiring a compleete ruu and factory reset to get it working again. Just flashing a new rom wouldnt fix it.
Have you tried flashing the .0808 evo radio. I know it works on the incredible and mabey since its a sprint ported rom the evo radio would work better, or mabey not just a sugestion.
Its in call settings or wireless and networks. It's called roam guard. Unchecked it and you'll be fine.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
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Its in call settings or wireless and networks. It's called roam guard. Unchecked it and you'll be fine.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
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I actually had to turn ON data roaming to check off Data Roam Guard. It didn't work. But out of desperation I checked OFF Call Guard and that fixed it. Maybe that's the option that you meant. Either way, the alert has stopped and my outgoing calls no longer give me that message while I have roaming OFF.
Thanks for the replies.
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Sounds like you need to update your prl. You do this by dialing *228 and selecting option 2.
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Doing this on sprint ROMs have a tendency to break data. I don't recommend doing this. Also other development don't recommend it either. If you start having data issues, you may need to go back to stock, redo *228, the reflash what you want. I'm currently running my port of MikG 3.0 and have not had the warning. I did what you have done and its fine. I've made sure that the NETWORK thinks we are in fact Verizon, but the ROM somehow thinks we are Sprint.
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manthis22 said:
I actually had to turn ON data roaming to check off Data Roam Guard. It didn't work. But out of desperation I checked OFF Call Guard and that fixed it. Maybe that's the option that you meant. Either way, the alert has stopped and my outgoing calls no longer give me that message while I have roaming OFF.
Thanks for the replies.
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Yes. Sorry. That's what I meant, my girlfriend had more attention at the time then my phone. We all know where that goes.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-

Has anyone noticed they are getting more busy signals than normal?

I seem to be getting busy signals to local numbers more often than not. Anyone experience this at all using the new radio?
Mine seems to working well.
I had no service in my back yard and only way to get service back was to reboot. idk if that helps any
No issue
Shifted from Outer Space
VICODAN said:
I seem to be getting busy signals to local numbers more often than not. Anyone experience this at all using the new radio?
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Maybe a bunch of people decided to block your calls?
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Mine is working well!
Let Me Put My Shift In U
Mine is working great
VICODAN i am still using 1.07.00.1129 and have not noticed any changes. but i also keep about 100 prl's on my sd to swap at will in case of a prob all joking aside maybe try setting the phone to no roam to be sure you are on a sprint tower and doing an RTN reset to freshin' up a bit then try a couple different prl's?
doubt that helps but i figured it could not hurt to give input
cheers,
disco
Yeah I think it's just my phone. Sprint told me to dial *740 and *720 or something and update my profile. Thanks
just FYI, not sure what *720 does but i just error that call cant be dialed, but *740 i dial'd and monitored the data flow. right when i dial it there is a peek at about 2KB outgoing and then right after jumps to like 12KB incoming then dies down.
its downloading something, lol
cheers,
disco
Fixed this by updating profile and PRL.

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